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Probability and Sample Space Exercises

The document presents a series of probability and combinatorial problems involving dice rolls, letter draws, spinner outcomes, and marble selections. It includes tasks such as identifying mutually exclusive events, creating sample spaces, calculating probabilities, and using tree diagrams to visualize outcomes. Additionally, it poses questions about expected sales based on given data and evaluates statements regarding probabilities of drawing colored chips.

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Probability and Sample Space Exercises

The document presents a series of probability and combinatorial problems involving dice rolls, letter draws, spinner outcomes, and marble selections. It includes tasks such as identifying mutually exclusive events, creating sample spaces, calculating probabilities, and using tree diagrams to visualize outcomes. Additionally, it poses questions about expected sales based on given data and evaluates statements regarding probabilities of drawing colored chips.

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State whether the events are mutually exclusive or not mutually exclusive.

1) Rolling a 4 and a 5 on a single roll of two dice. ________________________________________

2) The letters of the word BEST are placed in a bag. Chelsea draws a vowel and then another
vowel when drawing two letters at a time from the bag. _________________________________

Use the following situation to complete the problems.


Imagine you roll a standard number cube once and spin the spinner
on the right once.

3) Use the table to list all possible outcomes (create a sample space)
for the situation.

SPIN THE SPINNER


A B C D

1
ROLL NUMBER CUBE

4) List the sample space in set notation.

5) Find the probability of rolling a 6 and spinning a consonant on a single roll of the cube and
a single spin of the spinner. Use probability notation. State your result as a reduced fraction
and as a percent.
Use the following situation to complete the problems.
A green, red, blue, and tan marble are placed in a bag. One marble is drawn from the bag, and
then a coin is flipped once.

6) Make a tree diagram to represent the sample space. Start with the coin flip outcomes and
then draw branches to the marble outcomes.

7) List the sample space using set notation.

8) Find P (head, not tan). State your result as a reduced fraction and as a percent.

Use the fundamental counting principle to find the number of possible outcomes.

9) There are 32 flavors of ice cream and 4 different types of cones.

10) Stella has a choice of 12 kinds of sandwiches, 8 desserts, and 15


drinks.
Draw a tree diagram to find the number of possible outcomes.

11) Johnny has athletic shoes, work boots, and deck shoes. He has 3 types of socks: ankle,
crew, and calf. How many different combinations of shoes and socks can he wear?

Number of possible outcomes: ________

Use the following situation to complete the problems.


The Sno-Cone Shop has a choice of small and large sizes. This week’s flavors are berry, root
beer, and mango. The following table shows the sales results for snow cones on Monday:

Small Root Large Root Large


Small Berry Small Mango Large Berry
Beer Beer Mango
28 44 12 36 32 8

12) Based upon these results, how many large berry snow cones should the shop expect to
sell for the week if it anticipates 2,000 customers?
Choose the correct answers.
13) _____ DiAndre is conducting a probability experiment. A red tile and
a black tile are placed in a bag, and one tile is drawn. Then, a
5 1
five-section spinner is spun once. Which list contains only the
outcomes in which the spinner arrow will land on a number no 4 2
more than 3?
A. 1-red D. 1-red 3
2-red 1-black
3-red 2-red
B. 1-red 2-black
1-black 3-red
2-red 3-black
2-black 4-red
C. 3-red 4-black
3-black 5-red
1-red 5-black
1-black
2-red
2-black

14) _____ Mia has a bag full of plastic chips: 15 yellow, 10 green, 25 orange, and 31 blue.
Without looking, Mia pulls a chip out of the bag. Which of the following statements is
true?
F. There is a better chance that Mia pulls a green chip rather than a blue chip.
G. It is less likely that Mia will pull an orange chip than a yellow chip.
H. It is more likely that Mia will pull a green chip rather than an orange chip.
J. There is a better chance that Mia pulls a blue chip rather than a yellow chip.

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